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UEFA Champions League · LEAGUE_STAGE · Tue 20 Oct, 19:00

Manchester City
5–1
Full time
AEK Athens FC

Pre-match prediction

78%
15%
Manchester City 78% Draw 15% 7% AEK Athens FC

⏳Made before lineups were confirmed for this match.

⚠Low confidence: one or both teams have limited history in this competition, so this leans on cross-competition strength (Elo) rather than a full statistical fit.

Expected goals
2.28 – 0.60
Over 2.5 goals
55%
Both teams to score
41%
Model confidence
low

Most likely scorelines

2-0 15% 1-0 12% 3-0 11% 2-1 9% 1-1 8%

Lineups

Reference only — not used by the prediction model. Positions (LB/CB/RB etc.) are a best-effort guess from the source's own left-to-right player order, not a confirmed tactical slot.

AEK Athens FC 4-4-2
91
Brignoli GK
3
Pilios LB
44
Relvas CB
2
Moukoudi CB
12
Rota RB
23
Mário LM
18
Marin CM
16
Arriaga CM
14
Majer RM
9
Jović ST
19
Varga ST
1
Donnarumma GK
1664
24
Gvardiol LB
1717
45
Khusanov CB
1541
3
Dias CB
2038
82
Lewis RB
1481
17
Fernández CDM
5
Anderson CDM
1518
47
Foden LW
1886
10
Cherki CAM
1594
37
Allan RW
75
Samba ST
Manchester City 4-2-3-1

Manchester City · Bench

G. Rulli, I. Ndiaye, Vitor Nunes, R. Aït-Nouri, M. Bettinelli, A. Bouaddi, K. Braithwaite, E. Haaland, J. Doku, M. Guéhi, R. McAidoo

AEK Athens FC · Bench

O. Zubkov, Zini, M. Vitális, D. Vida, C. Lykogiannis, A. Koita, K. Kairinen, M. Gaćinović, Marios Balamotis, P. Mantalos

Manchester City · last 5 D

Ipswich (H) 3-2 W Paris Saint Germain (H) 2-4 L Liverpool (A) 0-3 W Sunderland (H) 5-3 W Manchester United (A) 0-1 W

AEK Athens FC · last 5

Shakhtar Donetsk (A) 3-1 L LASK Linz (H) 1-0 W FC Noah (H) 1-0 W FC Noah (A) 3-1 L Inter Club d'Escaldes (A) 0-4 W

Head-to-head

20 Oct 2026 Manchester City 5–1 AEK Athens FC

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